Waste retainer for journal boxes



Feb. 11, 1930. H. COOK WA STE RETAINER FOR JOURNAL BOXES Filed March 22, 1928.

fileruy Coo/6 SYWMVM anew/14011 Patented F eb. '11, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY COOK, on WELLSTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO rnnivxo. MQRROW,

on WELLSTON, onto WASTE RETAINER FOR JOURNAL BOXES Application filed March 22, 1928. Serial No. 263,707.

This invention relates to a device designed for retaining wast-e in journal boxes, one of the objects being to provide a structure of this character which can be readily inserted and secured within a journal box and, after being placed in position, will prevent the ready withdrawal of the waste from the box.

As is well known to railroad men, it is a difiicult matter to maintain journal boxes properly supplied with waste because persons passing the cars standing at sidings, frequently extract portions of the waste for various purposes with the result that, due to the lack of waste in the journal boxes, the bearings frequently become burned out.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a simple and efiicient device which, after once being properly seated in a journal box, will prevent the withdrawal of the waste unless the retaining device is first removed by the use of suitable tools provided for that purpose.

With the foregoing and other objects in,

view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter. described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a section through a journal box having the present improvement combined therewith, the waste normally contained in the box being removed.

. Figure 2 is a side elevation of the journal box, its lid being open and broken away.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a'perspective view of the attachinent, portions of its side wings being broken away.

and into Referring to the figuresby characters of reference 1 designates a journalbox of the usual construction providedwith .a hinged cover or lid 2. The end of the axle 3 is mounted in the box in the usual manner and is adapted to .be surrounded by waste (not shown) packed in. the box.

' For the purpose of preventing unauthorized removal of the waste from the box, the attachment constituting the present inven- 55 tion has been devised. This attachment consists of sheet metal side arms4which are substantially parallel and arespac'ed apart a sufficient distance to receive the end of the axle between them, these arms, .when in position within the journal box, being preferably located close to oragainst the sides of the box as shown particularly in "Figure 3. The arms are connected at their outer or front ends by a cross strip 5 having a longitudinal flange 6 atits upper edge for stiffening it, this flange being preferably extended toward the axle 8. Another cross strip 7 connects the side arms 4 at a point between their arms, this strip extending from the lower edges of the arms and being bowed so as to be supported beneath theaxle 3 without contacting therewith. Short slits 8 are cut into the top, bottom and back-edges of the arms 4 and into the back edges of the strips 5 and 7. These slits are disposed at angles so as to provide teeth 9 which act as barbs which, while permitting waste to be forced backwardlyiinto prevent itfrom being the ournal box 1. will withdrawn therefrom.

Extending upwardly from the front ends of the side strips 4 are Wings 10 which, under normal conditions, are curved toward each other as shown by broken lines in Figure 2 so as to facilitate insertion otthe attachment; through theopen outer end of thejournal box position beneath and at thesidesof the axle. I

-' In usingathe attachment westegis packed in "the backs-portion .otthejournal heather-11.9

v ment meludlng side strips, an arcuate cross due to hot boxes.

7 eneath the axle. Thereafter additional packing is forced into the box between the end of the axle and the side strips at and between the cross strip 7 and the cross strip 5. Obviously the teeth on the various strips will engage the waste so as to prevent it from being withdrawn. After the packing has been properly inserted the wings 10 are straightened out so as to lie flat against th sides of the box as shown by full lines in Figure 2. Thus it becomes impossible to withdraw the retaining attachment and as it cannot be drawn from the box the waste is likewise retained. The only way in which the waste can be removed is by bending the wings 10 toward each other by the use of some special tool provided for that purpose, this bending of the wings permitting the attachment to be withdrawn through the open end of the journal box, carrying with it the packing engaged thereby.

It is to be understood that this retaining device can be used in connection with different forms of journal boxes, can be manufactured at low cost and can be easily installed. It will be found very advantageous because of the saving of waste and the elimination of one of the main causes of delays and breakdowns \Vhat is claimed is:

1. A waste retainer for journal boxes including spaced side'strips, cross strips connecting the same, all of said strips having waste retaining barbs along the edges thereof, and bendable wings projecting from the side strips at one end.

2. The combination with a journal box and an axle therein, of a waste retaining attachment including side strips, for receiving the axle therebetween, a cross strip connecting the side strips for insertion between the bot tom of the journal box and the axle, a cross strip connecting the side strips at one end, all

i of said strips having barbs constituting waste engaging and retaining means, and bendable v the axle, thesaid wings being bendable after a retainer against withdrawal from the box after the wings have been bent.

3. The combination with a journal box and an axle therein of a waste retaining attachstrip connecting the same between their ends, a cross strip connecting the side strips at one epd, all of the strips having waste retaining barbs extending therefrom, normally curved wings extending from the side strips, said attachment with its waste being insertable into the box to position at the sides of and beneath insertion for engagement with the sides of the box to prevent withdrawal of the retainer from the box.

4. A waste retainer for journal boxes including stationary side strips, a cross strip connecting the same, all of said strips having waste retaining barbs, and bendable wings projecting upwardly from the side strips at one end for engagement with the top of a journal box.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed my signature.

HENRY COOK. 

